Re: governance, fesco, board, etc.

From: Tim Burke <tburke redhat com>

To: fedora-advisory-board redhat com

Subject: Re: governance, fesco, board, etc.

Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:31:57 -0400

Max Spevack wrote:

FEDORA BOARD

+ Comes up with the high level goals for Fedora (like merging
core/extras, live cd, an external build system and compose tools,
custom spins). Talking about these things in public, saying with an
"authoritative" voice "this is what is most important for Fedora" at
least sets up the possibility for innovation in those areas to happen.

"high level goals is a very broad term", so it may well cover what I'm
thinking... Most of this discussion and detail is about the mechanics
of putting out a release. I think another major objective of the board
is less about release production and more about community. Such as
broading adoption, making things approachable for growing communities.
I know you guys do spend a lot of time on that, so I think its useful to
have some mention in the charter responsibilities of the board that
there a lot of outreach involved.